She was born March 17, 1921, in North Attleborough, Mass., and was the daughter of Robert and Josephine Watterson. Marion attended North Attleborough schools, graduating in 1938.

She was employed with Arkler Switch Company in Cambridge, Mass., as a bookkeeper for several years. During World War II she worked at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in the Supply Department, where she met her husband, Rob, shortly after the war. They were married in 1947 and raised four children in their home in Kittery. Wanting to give back to her church community, she became parish secretary/bookkeeper at St. Raphael's Catholic Church in 1965 and eventually retired in 1984. Following retirement she and Rob spent many happy years traveling throughout the U.S. and Canada in their RV visiting national and state Parks.

Always very active, she loved to spend time swimming at the Portsmouth pool and walking the trails and beach at Fort Foster. Her favorite pastime of all was doing things with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was a loving and devoted mother and Nana, and will be missed greatly.

Marion is survived by her sons, Christopher Hunkins of Sturbridge, Mass., Richard Hunkins of Glencoe, Minn.; and her daughter, Cathy McKeel and husband Dan of South Berwick; 12 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and her niece, Frances Reynolds, and nephew, Bobby Watterson.

She is predeceased by her husband, Rob; daughter, Nancy Currier; sister, Helen; and brothers Harold and James.

SERVICES: A funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m on Saturday, May 31, at St. Raphael's Catholic Church in Kittery, Maine. In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorial donations be made to the Alzheimer's Association, State of Maine Chapter, 163 Lancaster St. (Suite 160B), Portland, ME 04101. =Care for the Hunkins family is entrusted to the JS Pelkey Funeral Home.

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